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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jimmie go to Verona?
(a) To attend a party.
(b) To visit family.
(c) To meet a friend.
(d) To work.

2. What does Healy insist Jimmie do by the next morning, after their argument?
(a) Leave his property.
(b) Finish the fence.
(c) Return his tools.
(d) Apologize.

3. Who hires Jimmy to make a forest fence?
(a) An Irish farmer.
(b) An American farmer.
(c) A Welsh farmer.
(d) A German farmer.

4. Where does Mrs. Newby tell Gilda she can have the baby?
(a) At the main house.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) At the midwives' house.
(d) In Gilda's room.

5. What job does Jimmie tell Wongee Tom he wants to get?
(a) Cattle- herding.
(b) Sheep sheering.
(c) Fence-building.
(d) Coal digging.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Gilda felt since giving birth?

2. What happens to Jimmie shortly after running into Wongee Tom?

3. What does Jimmie think of Mrs Healy?

4. What did Jimmie say he had been doing in his absence?

5. In Chapter 7, what does Jimmie tell his relatives he does not have?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Jimmie's case, what does it mean to be a "half-breed?"

2. Who does Jimmie fall in love with in Chapter 2?

3. How is Gilda doing since the birth?

4. Why is Jimmie awakened one night by someone in Verona?

5. What does Mr. Newby do that is just like Jimmie's previous employers?

6. What does Miss Graf do to help Gilda and how does Gilda react?

7. Why is Gilda glad that she will be able to give birth in the main house?

8. Why doesn't Jimmie tell Farrell what he knew about Harry Edwards?

9. What is the significance of Jimmie's initiation tooth?

10. Why does Jimmie think that it will be good to work for the police?

(see the answer keys)

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